when i was in kabul we all told the taliban the same message. if you want your resources to be unfrozen, if you want the country to enjoy again substantive development support, you also have to take steps in their direction . it goes both ways it is a dialogue. it cannot be a wall-to-wall situation. >> mister commissioner we have time for one more question. i'd like to ask you a related question. do you believe that nations that have played a significant role in afghanistan's recent history particularly the united states and some of the nato nations that had a military presence for years, do you believe these countries have a moral responsibility to accept more refugees and explore some of the need or desire from afghanistan to resettle outside their country given the current conditions ? >> i think that there's 26, 27 million refugees around the world. i'm not talking about the internal displacement, i'm talking about the refugees. less than one percent is resettled from countries, neighboring conflict or crisis to wealthier countries so this b

quentin sommerville, bbc news, kabul. some newsjust in — the us actor and comedian bob saget has been found dead in a hotel room in orlando, florida. he was best known as the jovial dad in the us television sitcom full house. the 65—year—old had just begun a new stand—up tour and had earlier tweeted about his show in jacksonville, expressing his delight at being back performing. he had earlier made his mark as a stand—up comedian in the first place. the orange county sheriff's office said there were no signs of foul play or drug use in his death. it's usually one of the biggest nights in hollywood, but sunday's golden globes ceremony in los angeles is taking place behind closed doors and with none of the nominees present — that's because much of the film industry has decided to boycott the event, and the broadcaster that usually shows the ceremony has dropped the programme from its schedule. it follows continuing criticism of the organisers, the hollywood foreign press association, both for a lack of diversity

quentin sommerville, bbc news, kabul. it's usually one of the biggest nights in hollywood but sunday's golden globes ceremony in los angeles is taking place behind closed doors and with none of the nominees present — that's because much of the film industry has decided to boycott the event and the broadcaster that usually shows the ceremony has dropped the programme from its schedule. it follows continuing criticism of the organisers, the hollywood foreign press association, both for a lack of diversity among its members, and tokenism in trying to address that problem. we can now go live to los angeles and the golden globes ceremony, which isjust wrapping up, and speak to sam asi, who's producer and presenter of bbc cinematic at bbc arabic, as well as being a member of the hollywood foreign press association. sam, thanks for joining sam, thanks forjoining us. i mean, it seems like an odd question to say what is the atmosphere like there, but what is the atmosphere like there? it's very calm. it's actually very nice. i'm

quentin sommerville, bbc news, kabul. steven spielberg's remake of west side story has won the golden globe for best motion picture at the ceremony taking place in los angeles. a scaled—back private ceremony has replaced the usual red carpet event in response to heavy criticism last year after it emerged that the voting panel — of around 100 people — had no black members. the coronavirus pandemic also affected the evening. sam asi is producer and presenter of bbc cinematic at bbc arabic, as well as being a member of the hollywood foreign press association. he's in los angeles. good to see you there, sam. we know some of the winners but first of all, give us a flavour as to how the evening went. you know, it as to how the evening went. you know. it was. — as to how the evening went. you know. it was. i _ as to how the evening went. you know, it was, i think, _ as to how the evening went. 7m, know, it was, ithink, better for cinema because people were focused on the winners, they were focused on the clips and on the

it the other side to board a fight for the us, he'd gone missing now been returned to relatives in kabul after weeks of negotiations with the taxi driver who found him and took him in. they hoped to reunite him with his parents and siblings who were evacuated to the u. s. o emeralds, the home. it is a historic day for us as i received my grandson in front of the media. i'm so grateful to the media who helped us to locate and received this child. all the family that cared for the boy has explained how they found him. what the hell am i going to think of like a fool? i entered the airport and saw a baby lying on the ground in a very bad condition. i showed this child to many people, but i couldn't find any one who was related. i called my wife at home. i brought the child home. i brought him milk and we have been taking care of him ever since. i'm sure you are the sister. i love this child a lot, but we can't be his mother and father. he has to live with his parents. we go to venezuela. now, people that have been voting for the 2nd time in 2 months to choose the govern of very nice state.

those were frozen instantly when the kabul -- taliban swept into kabul in august 2021. there were frozen because the international community and the white house did not want that money falling directly into the hands of the taliban and the leadership that had marched into kabul that day posted effectively by freezing that money, we have also seen sanctions that have come with it, also seen the economic system and afghanistan collapse. it became either and legal or extremely risky legally to send money in and out of afghanistan stop as a result, there were basically financial constraints on every bank in afghanistan. i do believe this is still the case now but it might be even worse because it changes day-to-day, families and banking cupholders were told they could get $200 a month of their own money out of the banks. so the banking system as a result of the collapse and much of that money would have been used by a governmenof afghanistan to pay their workers. as with many countries around the world, the governments are the main employer whether you are a road sweeper or

. >> breaking tonight the desperate rush to get americans out of kabul. >> throughout the summer you are watching the taliban taking village after village and small cities in afghanistan. >> you have the prime minister of afghanistan, i think we need help. and joe biden is you need to do a press conference. tell everybody is the situation is under control. >> all of the intelligence was wrong. everyone told us the afghan army would hold. it collapsed and the president skipped town. >> the outskirts of the kabul international airport looked like the fall of saigon. >> we could see the images on tv. moms handing their children over to u.s. marines. >> people holding to the wings of the airplane and falling to their death. >> they told us how successful tvs. nothing you do successful ends with an attack. >> an explosion took place at the airport in kabul. >> we aligned ourselves with the taliban to provide a check-point around the kabul airport. 13 american servicemen and women came back in a box. >> and then the drone strike. >> officials are about to announce that no isis-k fighters w

quentin sommerville, bbc news, kabul. now to the sport, where the day began with dramatic scenes in the fourth ashes test. john watson has the details. many thanks, that is where we begin the fourth test match where england secured a draw in sydney to avoid a possible 5—o series whitewash. australia have already won the ashes, but couldn't take the ten wickets they needed on the final day for victory. patrick gearey reports. five days of cricket decided in one ball, the ashes might be gone but this still matters. england's job with simple but not easy, survive. as he parried could not do it and his place is in doubt, as previously was zak crawley�*s —— haseeb hameed. he was in trouble, making 77 before it popped. the rain was coming, the cloud had helped england but could their stars question the injured ben stokes fought hard in such pain that every run stunned. joe root went but ben stokes batted on with a wounded side but willing heart. 13 balls left, tee wickets left when jack leach became one of them. now the

quentin sommerville, bbc news, kabul. what a remarkable story that was, indeed, from our correspondent quinton there. moving on another story for you today. it's usually one of the biggest nights in hollywood but sunday's golden globes ceremony in la will take place with none of the nominees present and behind closed doors. colin paterson explains why. # it all began tonight... tonight, west side story is one of the big favourites to win at the golden globes. but none of its stars or its director, steven spielberg, will be there. the same goes for belfast, which is tied for the most nominations — seven. we're looking to cleanse the community. you wouldn't want to be the odd one out in this street. touch my family and i'll kill you. | it is based on the childhood of its director, sir kenneth branagh, who has never won a golden globe. if he does tonight, the way he will find out is on his computer. it is doubtful that he will even care. the golden globes are normally a star—studded event, but they have been beset with p

we returned to kabul several months into taliban rule, to find dr. shefajo changed, her spirit diminished,nd the futures she dreamed for her daughters? gone. after their takeover, the taliban banned all girls from attending public school. a few months later, they relented, allowing those under age 12 to go for an education. dr. shefarjo decided to send none of her girls, encouraging solidarity among the sisters. you're an educated woman, working in an elite field, with a 14-year-old daughter who's not allowed to go to school. how does that feel? >> my two kids are small, and they are allowed to go to school. they are under sixth grade. but my eldest daughter is at eighth grade, so she is not allowed to go to school. that's why i do not allow the two youngest ones as well. she will feel that "i am at home and not allowed to study, and my sisters are at school," and she will be disappointed. >> reporter: she encourages them to study independently at home, but knows an even more painful choice lays ahead. >> although i love my country, i love women, i l

quentin sommerville, bbc news, kabul. it's usually one of the biggest nights in hollywood but sunday's golden globes ceremony in la, will take place with none of the nominees present and behind closed doors. that's because much of the film industry has decided to boycott the event — and the broadcaster, nbc, that usually shows the ceremony has dropped the event from its schedule. colin paterson explains why. # it all began tonight... tonight, west side story is one of the big favourites to win at the golden globes. but none of its stars or its director, steven spielberg, will be there. the same goes for belfast, which is tied for the most nominations — seven. we're looking to cleanse the community. you wouldn't want to be the odd one out in this street. touch my family and i'll kill you. it is based on the childhood of its director, sir kenneth branagh, who has never won a golden globe. if he does tonight, the way he will find out is on his computer. it is doubtful that he will even care. the golden globes are normall

military released three newly declassified videos of a deadly drone strike in kabul last august the footage published after "the new york times" sued for the release shows the final moments before 10 innocent civilians were killed, including 7 children the strike occurred in the last days of the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan three days earlier, an isis attack on kabul airport killed 13 u.s. service members and dozens of afghan civilians. the u.s. military was on high alert, with intelligence about an imminent attack using a white toyota corolla, they tracked this car, believing it was an isis vehicle. but the intelligence was wrong and they were tracking the incorrect car. driving through a congested residential neighborhood in kabul, then seconds before the strike, what appears to be a child running into the frame. moments later, neighbors seem frantically throwing water on the flames. today the u.s. military said the strike was in response to what was believed to be an imminent threat to our troops, but none of the family members killed are believed to have been connected to isis-k

the afghan baby separated from his parents in kabul during the chaos of the us withdrawal is reunited

and an afghan baby separated from his parents in kabul during the chaos of the us withdrawal is reunited with relatives. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are aletha adu, political correspondent at the daily mirror, and the former conservative adviser mo hussein. tomorrow's front pages. that's begin with the tomorrow's front pages. that's begin with the metro. it leads on the falling number of omicron cases in the uk for the fifth consecutive day. there's been a weekly drop of almost 10% in covid hospital admissions. the times reports the comments from the head of nhs providers, chris hopson, who believes the "front line of the service will hold", as there's growing hopes that we are past the omicron peak. the i says that the prime minister is planning to announce a "living with covid plan" by march, which could include winding down testing and the scrapping of free lateral flow tests. another of those measures is reported in the telegraph — reducing the covid isolation period from seven to five days, a measure which the chance

troops withdrew from kabul. we'll introduce you to the friends that helped the movement and evacuated their classmate and his families. >> i called shabir and i said this is really hard. but take whatever you have right now and move to the airport as soon as possible. >> the harrowing story just ahead. >>> and arthur arthur. we're catching up with the creator of everyone's favorite aardvark, what he's saying ahead of the show's 25th and final season. including the story how he came up with arthur. this morning. january 24, 2022. >> hi we're the lengels and miami florida. >> mapleville, minnesota. >> celebrating my mom's 37th birthday. >> with breakfast in bed and the "today show." >> from massachusetts. >> and alexis's 10th birthday. >> happy birthday alexis. >>> good morning everybody. welcome back to "today," it is nice to have you with us starting the week off. monday morning. let's go. >> going to be a great week. >> yeah. let's get to your news at 8:00. the president considering sending thousand of american

troops departed from kabul airport the end of august. each of those refugees is now starting over, safe but far from home. >> what is your hope for your life here and their lives here? >> my sisters are learning riding bike. they didn't get a chance to ride bike back home. every small thing that they do, and i i say, all right, it was worth it. >> organizers say it's more difficult than ever to make these flights now but they insist they are not giving up. that's going to do it for me this hour. andrea mitchell reports starts next. it for me this hour. andrea mitchell reports starts next my name is douglas. i'm a writer/director and i'm still working. in the kind of work that i do, you are surrounded by people who are all younger than you. i had to get help somewhere along the line to stay competitive. i discovered prevagen. i started taking it and after a period of time, my memory improved. it was a game-changer for me. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. fries or salad? salad! good choice! it is. so is screening for colon cancer. w

but aid agencies say they now need billions lester >> kelly cobiella in kabul, thank you >>> next, as free speech comes under threat in hong kong, we speak with a leading activist who challenged the chinese government and now fears for his life >>> we are one week from the start of the beijing olympics, which is facing a diplomatic boycott over human rights abuses including in hong kong, where many freedoms have been stripped away. keir simmons spoke with a young protest leader who had to go on the run >> reporter: after years leading democracy protests, 28-year-old nathan law fled hong kong in 2020 he does not think he has escaped china. do you feel safe here, outside china? >> it's impossible for me to say that i'm completely safe. >> reporter: you think you could be targeted outside china by the chinese government >> we all know how far-reaching china's arm can be >> reporter: he publicly cut ties with his family back home in hong kong to protect them now living in london, he keeps his routines and whereabouts secret and is careful about who he befriends three years ago, he led pro

and the taliban closing on kabul. a two month old baby held up by his desperate father outside of the kabul airport. trying to save him from the surging crowd. a soldier grabbing the child, hosting him over the bob weir. in the chaos, that baby was lost in the airport. his parents and the rest of his family were evacuated to the united states. the baby stayed missing for months until he was found with a local taxi driver. who says he discovered the infant alone and crying at the airport. this weekend, the baby was returned to his grandparents in kabul. the state department says it will work to bring him to the united states to reunite him with his parents who are now in michigan. if you felt like, i think many people did, i certainly did, in helplessness and impotence as we watch those scenes outside of the airport in afghanistan, i have to tell you that even though the cameras are not there anymore there is something even worse happening now. and there is something we in the u.s. can do about it. as afghanistan settl

troop withdrawal in kabul will, soon, be reunited with his parents in texas. the infant is now in the care of his grandfather, after being separated from his family for months. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm elise reston, cbs news, ne >>> it's >>> it's monday, january 10th, 2022. this is the "cbs morning news." >> all about saving lives, and the loss of one life is sad for us, much less 19 lives. >> deadly apartment fire. 19 people killed including nine children. the possible cause of one of the deadliest fires in decades in new york city. >>> breaking overnight, bob saget found dead in a hotel room. what authorities are saying and reaction from hollywood. >>> also breaking, novak djokovic ruling. the judge's decision on whether the tennis star can stay in australia over a covid exemption.

afganistán tras 20 años el país cayó ante la huída de muchos el ataque con bombas en el aeropuerto de kabul que quitó la vida a 13 soldados estadounidenses el primer vuelo espacial de una compañía que quiere abrir espacio a los turistas (nombre en inglés) >> días después la primera nave tripulada por civiles financiada por el dueño de amazon jeff >> despedimos un año con una inflación histórica donde los desastres naturales se ensañaron causando más de 70 muertes un año de historias ju>jugador judiciales la corte suprema de justicia dejó la ley que restringe el aborto en texas en medio de la polémica por su aplicación y la esposa del joaquín "chapo" guzmán loera emma coronel saldrá antes de lo previsto aunque sus abogados se cansaron de negar que ayudara a las autoridades el 2021 dejó grandes pérdidas desde el exsecretario de estado collin y el príncipe felipe hasta figuras de la cultura popular como cepillín carmen salinas y el último gran charro don vicente fernández un año que termina con la pandemia en los titulares y con el temor de la pandemia ante más muert

publicly and privately by advocates for >> by then kabul was on the verge of falling and all the time had been lost. there was no need for children to be trampled to death outside the gates of the airport. there was no need for u.s. marines to be blown up by suicide bombers as they tried to pull people out of sewage canals. all of that was a result of the failure to plan and carry out evacuations when there is time. >> special applicants, afghan allies who applied to be evacuated who's still in the u.s. in some capacity, they were essential portion of your report. you found two various where the biden administration misled the public. first and official insisted the vast majority of those applicants were in and around kabul therefore could be evacuated. biden claims fewer than half of those chose to leave. take us through the process of debunking those two claims. >> this was wishful thinking. president biden said more than once and his aides began to repeated that more than have of the sibs chose not to leave when they could of. when in fact what the experts and lawyers and advocates

jasper's debut. >> bill: fast moving developments on kabul. perhaps this is the moment so many will remember. >> i know i will get killed. the good thing is i won't die -- >> dana: these two days of reflection to our audience means a lot to me and all of our american newsroom team. thank you for helping us make this happen. >> bill: hello to our newest member percy. >> dana: percy seven weeks old today. percy has grown since even that moment. i feel like i've really grown this year, too. we have an incredible producing team. it's a great team. we are all joyous in our work and it has been an amazing opportunity. >> bill: i think my favorite day was may 19th. went outside, sun was out. a beautiful day. it was reborn. a cool day in manhattan. >> dana: they reopened new york. maybe we'll have to do that again. >> bill: all those things that jesse and gutfeld said about you weren't true. can you make a course correction with them later today? >> dana: they say i'm short. they got that one right for sure. >> bill: a lot of fun, dana. great to get t

they always thought the taliban was far away, and the government in kabul kept telling the people, the taliban are far away. they're never going to enter the city. the government is not going to fall, right up until the point that the president of the country fled the country. so sometimes when you're at the center of the storm and you have seen a conflict before, you're the last person to recognize that a potential conflict might be coming. in a similar way that people who live in areas that are always battered by storms think the last storm is not going to be so bad because they've been through many themselves. >> ian bremmer, react to richard's reporting and put it in context with what you're hearing from our european allies. >> well, first to the extent that there are people that believe that invasion is imminent, and that is increasingly the position of the intelligence community in the united states. they don't think it's coming next week. the americans and the russians are still engaged in diplomacy. the biden administration is going to provide a written response. probably next

we cannot transfer new region aid money -- norwegian aid money to kabul at the moment. we have to truck it over and then contribute into the downward spiral in the afghan economy. it is not rocket science to do these things. it has to happen tomorrow -- actually, next week we are meeting virtually with the u.s. treasury. we will be very clear, please, go ahead and give the green lights to all of these places. we are asking europeans, including norwegians come to open doors for afghans who may flee? yes. unfortunately, europe is specializing in european championship of barbed wire eruption at the moment, so i am not too optimistic. my own country has declared there will be a sizable quota for refugees. when i was in iran, the afghans there tell me all of the latives in afghanistan have given up. they are wandering toward the border of iran and many will come here, many want to go to europe. i think will be a desperate situation. one thing that has happened now, we have to re-create -- if not millions. they will meet barbed wire. amy: jan egeland, thank you for being with

the baby is with his grandfather in kabul as they try to reunite him with his parents in the u.s. >>> talks are under way with u.s. and russian officials in geneva. and you say nato raised concerns about the border of ukraine, all while attempting to broker some kind of diplomatic solution. alex march quqmarquardt. people called this the most tenuous moment since the end of the cold war. >> reporter: john, these talks are absolutely critical, aimed at deterring any sort of russian military incursion into ukraine. the talks between u.s. and russia have been taking place four hours' time at the mission in geneva. now, there are a number of things on the table. there are a number of things not on the table. the u.s. is coming in with a sense of realism because they have been dealing with russia so long on u.n. security issues. but the russians have said they are disappointed with the signals they have been hearing from d.c. ahead of the talks. and the u.s. said they don't expect to come out with any sort of concrete breakthrough. that is in part because the stuff that russia wants to tal

the bbc has traveled to the town 400 miles south of kabul. it was one of the deadliest places for american forces and afghan allies during the war. >> the road in helmand province was once littered with roadside bombs. now, there is relative calm. our taliban escort says this highway was held for american marines and british troops. abdul kareem laid minds. he's responsible for the killing of hundreds of coalition forces and civilians. >> when the people started, they were dropping bombs on us and killing us. all of the people held. even when i was planting mines, children around 10 years old helped. >> when i asked him to clarify if the children were forced, he'd insist they were not. >> no, they volunteered and said "we are members of the resistance." >> many families fled during the years of fighting. >> a bullet went through the wall and hit here. the bullets were fired incessantly. >> he's now returned with his children to rebuild their lives. >> everything is expensive now. i cannot even afford cooking oil and bread. people learn to get

marine was jailed after demanding accountability from our officers who failed the country in the fall of kabul. lieutenant is able to speak again after getting honorably discharged. he'll talk to us live. this as president biden fails to deliver on his campaign trail promise to end the pandemic, get our kids back to school and parents back to work. and desantis will join us with his plan to secure thousands of tests for his state. they are not done yet. trump is booked, dr. nicole sapphire on the danger of omicron or lack there of and charles payne will talk about our economy and the big national quit thing going on now. can you imagine quitting your job? 4.5 million people did last month, how do we stop it? ashley and todd, back to you. >> ashley: we'll see you, thanks. u.s. postal service asking for a waiver from president biden's vaccine mandate. >> todd: the agency warning it could strain the supply chain crisis. cheryl casone with fox business joins us live with more. hi. >> cheryl: i answer to both, just to let you know. the 120-day waiver request in a letter from douglas tulano writes,

forces targeting taliban front line positions north of kabul, i can tell you -- maybe you can hear that. they severely still have some teeth left in them. >> there is a few people at this company who are willing to do what sound like a simple thing to risk their life to get the picture. some of them you heard of, a lot you have not heard of. >> that was an incoming mortar, this post is now under attack by taliban forces some, soldiers here have taken up a safety position in the bunker, that out going. we're trying to ride out this attack by the taliban. >> i have probably been in a dozen situation with camera people who risked their lives to get the picture, not because they are crazy, or they are -- adrenaline junkies but they are trying to do what they believe is an important job. >> they think they found one here. >> i was covering israeli-palestinian conflict, a live report on the telephone in the jerusalem neighborhood. suddenly there was automatic machine gunfire. everyone ducked. i looked up. a border policeman who was standing a few feet from me, was hit. a bullet pierced his he

embassy in kabul. he took this photo the day he was evacuated in august. he and his pregnant wife made it on to one of the last military flights and eventually to charlotte, north carolina where he has been living with about 50 afghan families in a motel. >> supermarket [inaudible] >> unlike most of the 124,000 afghans airlifted out of kabul, abdullah has received a social security number. he is one of the lucky ones. >> they have been sitting in hotel rooms for months on end waiting for that card to come in that says they are allowed to work. >> sean, save our allies a group formed by u.s. veterans last august says unless congress acts, these afghans will fail. >> agencies that handle the programs are overwhelmed and unable to support those needs and so, many afghans unfortunately are falling through the cracks. >> on december 6th abdullah's wife. his baby was born with a club foot. and the government refunded settlement agency could not help. save our allies got him an appointment at children's hospital in greenville, south carolina. the u.s. government

this weekend the baby was returned to his grandparents in kabul. the state department says they will work to bring him to the united states to reunite him with his parents who are now in michigan. if you felt like many people did, like i certainly did, this awful feeling of helplessness and impotence as we watched those scenes outside the airport in afghanistan, i have to tell you even though the cameras are not there anymore, there's something even worse happening now and there is something we in the u.s. can do about it. as afghanistan settles into winter, aid groups estimate nearly 23 million afghans, more than half the population, quote, already do not have enough to eat, with many lacking even solid shelter. they are being forced to choose between heat and food. there is little help available from the taliban government. part of the reason for that is about 75% of the former government's budget was funded by foreign aid, which was essentially stopped when the taliban took power. but there are things our government and president biden could do

the deadly drone attacks in kabul. the british prime minister grilled in parliament. is his ouster nearing? >> and britney spears escalating family feud. >> live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith. >> good evening. the white house has been deep in diplomacy, trying to stop the russians from invading ukraine we may have just received a bit of an idea of how well the president thinks that diplomacy has one. because in his news conference, president biden said today he believes that the russian president vladimir putin will move in to ukraine >> my guess is he will move in he has to do something >> he has to do something. the president later said he's not sure whether president putin has made up his mind on the whole thing, but that the united states is ready to enact a heavy price if it happens. and then -- then president biden suggested it depends on what kind of invasion >> one thing if it's a minor incursion and we end up having to fight about what to do and not do, et cetera. but if they actually do what heir capable of doing with the force

the child has now been reunited with his relatives in kabul. somehow he was found by a 29-year-old taxi driver who took him home. the driver turned the baby over after seven weeks of negotiations. >> incredible. >>> overnight talks between the u.s. and russia all while russia steps up the pressure campaign on the ukraine bit by bit. officials are pessimistic about the prospects. cnn's alex marquardt joins us live. >> reporter: good morning. the talks are now underway taking place in geneva. the u.s. side represented by the deputy secretary and there has not been much on tow mitch going into these talks. they're going into it with two dozen years of optimism. they both want to talk about different things. russia wants to talk about nato enlargement and the presence in the east near russia. they want to talk about ukraine never being allowed to join nato. the u.s. has said they don't want to talk about ukraine without ukraine. they don't want to talk about europe ornate tow without the parties in the room. there is a fundamental disagreement as t

global there's interest in brazil, japan, korea >> one of the craziest things is we've got a big base in kabul, afghanistan. it's the only sport in the world that everybody has done. >> reporter: okay, it's on at 9:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow night on fight tv. it's a lot of fun. maybe it will save some marriages. they've already got a sponsor for the pillow not who you think. and up next, selling the pillows. shep >> you knew there had to be merchants. be careful with our jane don't make me come for you jane wells, get outta there! we gotta go. roll the animation thank you. >>> 55 seconds on a race to the finish new tonight, president biden says he'll move american troops into eastern europe and nato countries in the near term as russia masses more than 100,000 soldiers, tanks, artillery and other near the border. >>> president biden wouldn't say exactly how many troops, but as he put it, it won't be a lot up to 8,500 service members are on alert for possible deployment >>> a dangerous and potentially historic winter storm bearing down on the east coast 70 million americans in its past forecaste

. >> kabul is falling now. >> reporter: the chaotic final days, a suicide bomber killed 13 service members, all of it sparking international criticism for how the withdrawal was handled. and president biden stood by his decision. >> after 20 years of war in afghanistan, i refuse to send another generation of america's sons and daughters to fight a war that should have ended long ago. >> reporter: in october, world leaders gathered once again in person in rome for the g20 conference. then in glasgow for the u.n. climate conference. notably missing, queen elizabeth, forced to bow out over health concerns. it was a challenging year for the royal family starting in march when prince harry and meghan markle sat down for a headline making interview with oprah winfrey. >> there is a conversation with you -- >> with harry. >> -- about how dark your baby is going to be? >> potentially, and what that would mean, or look like. >> that conversation, i'm never going the -- to share. >> the royals also said good-bye to the queen's husband of more than 70 years, prince philip, who died at the age of 99,

isis suicide bomber responsible for killing 13 servicemembers outside kabul airport. he was a one-time engineering student who was in prison following a foiled terror plot back in 2017. it is believe he escaped custody in early july ahead of the august 26th blast that killed hundreds of afghans. >>> florida police are itch soing for two men accused of lighting a christmas tree on fire in key west. it damaged part of the famous buoy marking the southern most point in the continental united states. the landmark is located 90 miles away from cuba and was restored after suffering hurricane damage back in 2017. >>> the documentary honoring betty white was still shown in theaters on what would have been her 100th birthday. film-makers capturing the late icon's best moments on screen. take a look. >> louder? >> the window. the window. the wall. >> [bleep]. [bleep] >> you scared. you scared. [bleep]. you scared. rachel: white passing away friday in her sleep at her california home. funeral arrangements have not been made public. we're all going to miss betty white. those are

his difficult, solitaryjourney from kabul to moscow and then copenhagen. the director said choosing an animation as a way to tell the story freed amin to tell details of his life as a refugee that he had kept secret for 25 years. what you see in the film, what you hear in the film it's the first time, it talks about these things, and it is difficult to talk about. the fact that he could stay anonymous and wouldn't meet people in the street who would ask him about his traumas and secrets was really key to freeing him and enabling him to open up and share his story. flee�*s strength lies in humanising those who make a dangerous trek from hardship into safer parts of the world. he is gay, so it is also the story of a man becoming comfortable with his sexual orientation. rasmussen says the film is compelling because it tells a universal story of trying to find a place to belong. there were also documentaries immersed in musical nostalgia, like todd haynes's film on the iconic �*60s rock band the velvet underground. peterjackson�*s get back, a three—par

the desperate images of the evacuation of kabul when it fell to the taliban. there are claims that the prime minister interfered to prioritise rescuing animals from a british man, penn farthing's, charity. that was fiercely denied at the time. but e—mails published by a westminster committee today give a very different picture, referring to the "prime minister's decision," saying in writing: that's a total contradiction of what boris johnson said last month. did you intervene in that way? no, that's complete nonsense. marrying up different versions of events has been part of this government's problem. mps sent home tonight without the official report into parties coming out, so accusations hover, still waiting for a verdict. the prime minister hopes for political escape. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: tapping tiktok for talent — the man behind the spice girls forms a new band after holding auditions on the app. the shuttle challenger exploded soon after lift—off. there were seven astronauts on board, one

service members and more than 170 afghans are killed in terrorist attacks outside kabul's airport in the chaotic end to america's longest war. >> it's time to end the forever war. thank you all for listening. may god protect our troops. >> at number six, the big lie gives birth to an amateur audit of the 2020 election results in arizona and ends up confirming what americans already knew, joe biden won arizona. >> the ballots that were provided to us to count in the coliseum, very accurately correlate with the official numbers. >> new gop-driven restrictive voting laws crop up in statehouses across the country. >> i'm going to sign it right here, it's going to take effect. >> florida, your vote counts. >> number five, president biden and his team try to show democrats can deliver, with big legislative victories first on covid relief and then infrastructure. but the question remains, can his build back better social spending plan pass through the senate. at number four, double trouble for the gop in georgia, as republicans lose two senate runoff races in january. >> the democratic cand

the desperate images of the evacuation of kabul when it fell to the taliban. there were claims that the prime minister interfered to prioritise rescuing animals from a british man, penn farthing's, charity. that was fiercely denied at the time. but e—mails published by a westminster committee today give a very different picture, referring to the "prime minister's decision", saying in writing... that's a total contradiction of what boris johnson said last month. did you intervene in that way? no, that's complete nonsense... marrying up different versions of events has been part of this government's problem. mps sent home tonight without the official report into parties coming out, so accusations hover, still waiting for a verdict. the prime minister hopes for political escape. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we'll have an update on the international response in tonga to the volcanic eruption and tsunami that hit the island nearly two weeks ago. the shuttle challenger exploded soon af

we have not seen an entity fold and fail like this since the afghan army in kabul. the cnn you see now will not be the cnn you will see in the beginning of 2023. katie: i will come back in a year to you and see if i'm right. tomi, what do you think will be a big surprise this year? >> you will see so many formerly woke liberals come over to the right side of history and start making better decisions. i think wokism is dead. i think democrats are starting to realize that. i think they are starting to realized the president is not coherent. i think you will see many trump-ocrats come back and vote with their wallets. katie: that's a lot of faith you have with democrats changing their behavior. >> republicans take back the house. that's no surprise. but here is the surprise. the gop named donald trump speaker of the house. you don't have to be an elected official. stick with plea. he accepts the job just so he can sit behind joe biden at the state of the union and make trumpian faces when the president tries to take credit for something. trump then as house speaker lau